Antenna positioning in mobile telecommunication networks

INFOR

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 157-174

  Touhami, Souheyl ^a   Bourjolly, Jean Marie ^a   Laporte, Gilbert ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

GSM networks, antenna positioning; Network design; Operations research; Tabu search optimisation; Telecommunications

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANTENNAS; DECISION MAKING; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PROBLEM SOLVING; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

GSM NETWORKS, ANTENNA POSITIONING; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; TABU SEARCH OPTIMISATION;

MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 33746638867     PISSN: 03155986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03155986.2006.11732746     Document Type: Article

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